NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 LE

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 LE videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 LE

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 50% higher core clock speed: 375 MHz vs 250 MHz
7.5x more texture fill rate: 7.5 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 130 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 128 MB
2.5x more memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 400 MHz
7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 176 vs 25
Around 73% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 254 vs 147

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 April 2006 vs 1 March 2004
Core clock speed	375 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	7.5 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	176 vs 25
PassMark - G2D Mark	254 vs 147

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 LE

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

176

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

254

147

Name	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 LE
PassMark - G3D Mark	176	25
PassMark - G2D Mark	254	147
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	916
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	916

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 LE
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Rankine
Code name	G71	NV36 A1
Launch date	18 April 2006	1 March 2004
Place in performance rating	1115	1117
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	375 MHz
Core clock speed	375 MHz	250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	20
Texture fill rate	7.5 GTexel / s	1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt
Transistor count	278 million	82 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-II	AGP 8x
Laptop size	large
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0a
OpenGL	2.1	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	32.0 GB / s	3.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	500 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	256	DDR
Shared memory	0